Re: [PATCH v3] staging: r8188eu: Provide a TODO file for this driver

[Fabio M. De Francesco]

On Friday, August 27, 2021 5:00:16 PM CEST Larry Finger wrote:
> On 8/27/21 5:08 AM, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > +* Switch to use LIB80211.
> > +* Switch to use MAC80211.
> 
> You totally ignored my comment of yesterday!!!!! The driver will be converted to 
> use CFG80211 - not eirher of those you quote, unless you are planning to convert 
> to use mac80211. I am not.
> 
> Larry

Hi Larry,

To the contrary, I didn't mean to ignore your comment! At least, not voluntarily.

My confusion arises from the fact that, as far as 802.11 concerns, I know only
that it is a family of standards that have to do with the lower two of the seven 
layers of the OSI protocol. I really don't know more than this: I cannot tell the 
difference between CFG/LIB/MAC80211. 

I simply thought that they are complementary (each to the others) and that I should
have removed "This work is currently..." without mentioning the cfg80211 task to not 
have someone to duplicate your work in progress.

Fabio Aiuto is right in guessing that I took those tasks from another TODO file. 

Finally, I want to remember to you that (ahead of v1) I had asked Maintainers to
do or help with doing this list and I clearly wrote that I didn't know what those
tasks are and whether or not they are required.

I hope this message clarifies what I did and why.

Thanks,

Fabio